Thought For The Day Genealogywise-Wood CountyHere are some opportunities for study and workshops that have come in this week — one in March and one in the fall of this year.
***** The 10th Annual Family History Fair sponsored by the East Texas Genealogical Society and the Tyler Family History Center is Saturday, March 13 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at [...]
Filed under: Conferences, Events, Resources, Workshops | Leave a Comment »
The microfilm printer-scanner is now ready for use at the genealogy research center at the Quitman Public Library. Microfilm (mainly census and the Wood County Democrat back issues) can be checked out from the library main desk for in-library use. Inter-library loan is possible for microfilm from other sources.
Filed under: Research, Resources | Tagged: Quitman Public Library, Wood County Democrat | Leave a Comment »
Among items in the Wood County Genealogical Research Center archives is a letter from a Confederate soldier prisoner of war in 1864.
Lt. James G. Blackmon of Company B, 2nd Infantry Battalion of Waul’s Texas Legion, C.S.A. was from Hempstead, Texas. He was captured at Yazoo City, Mississippi in July 1863. He was in three [...]
Filed under: Resources | Tagged: Allcorn, Blackmon | Leave a Comment »
Three new pages have been posted with indexes of microfilm and cd-rom disks in the library for research. Access the pages by clicking on the Libraries tab at the top of the home page at the WCGS Bulletin (or see above). They include Wood County Democrat back issues on microfilm, U. S. Federal censuses for [...]
Filed under: Libraries, Research, Resources | Tagged: census, Microfilm, Wood County Democrat | Leave a Comment »
As requested by several members of the society, a page of general research links has been added to the Bulletin website. Additional suggestions are solicited. When you have one, you can send it in an email to netexas@gmail.com.
Filed under: Links, Research, Resources | Leave a Comment »
Stay tuned.
We are likely to hear more about the agreement just reached by Google Books which will allow it to scan and put out-of-print books (but not yet of the age to enter the public domain) online for viewing or downloading for pay. Not all of the details were available over at the Google [...]
Filed under: Books, Resources | Tagged: Out-of-print | Leave a Comment »
A genealogy news feed is now located in the right hand column under tags. This will automatically change, so you can keep going back for updates
Filed under: Resources | Leave a Comment »
The Wood County Genealogical Society vertical files are housed in file cabinets in the genealogy room at the Quitman Public Library. Surname folders may include many kinds of information including ancestor charts, family sheets, and correspondence to and from the society concerning the particular surname.
Surnames A-B
Adams, Aaron, Ables, Acker, Adrian, Agens, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Allred, [...]
Filed under: Resources | Tagged: Vertical File Surnames | 1 Comment »
The following description of Wood County comes from the 1910 Texas Almanac found by a search of Google Books. It is among the “full view” books one can find online FOR FREE at that web service. You can search on places, surnames, etc. to see what is available. Some books allow no view, some just [...]
Filed under: Resources | Tagged: Wood County | Leave a Comment »
There is a strictly unofficial place I have set up for anyone interested to talk about Wood County genealogy over at GenealogyWise. It’s open to society members or anyone who wishes to pitch in or read. If you are interested, you can go there if you click here. The address is http://www.genealogywise.com/group/woodcotxgencoffeeklatch.
Filed under: Resources, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment »
Genealogy News
netexas